Dinner with J

by Meghann on December 15, 2010

I-4 and I are no longer friends. 🙁

After being delayed by I-4 on both Friday night and Saturday morning, you would think I had learned my lesson by now. Nope.

It took me thirty minutes to get off I-4 tonight. That’s THIRTY minutes on the off – ramp alone. That’s insane! I promise traffic traditionally isn’t that bad in Orlando. I don’t know what’s up with I-4 lately, but I’m not a fan.

I love Press 101. I’ve ate here several times in the past and always enjoy the funky, modern decor and atmosphere.

Tonight I by-passed the regular menu and went straight to the specials.

The Asparagus Explosion Flatbread caught my attention.

Only when it came out it resembled more of a thin crust pizza than a traditional flatbread. A bit more food than I was expecting, but I’m not complaining. 🙂

The asparagus explosion came with asparagus, bacon, marinara sauce, and lots and lots of cheese. I’m not a huge fan of TONS of cheese on pizza, but it worked really well on the ultra thin crust.

It was nice to catch up with J and trade social media secrets. Coming from two different blogging niches – there’s so much we can learn from each other!

I had a fun package waiting for me when I got home from my favorite red headed Mexican, Monica.

I may have mentioned my jealousy of her access to Trader Joe’s Season Tea. So we traded. She sends tea and I’ll show her a rockin time at Universal while she’s in Florida over x-mas break. Win-Win, right?

I had a cup of the Candy Cane Tea when I got home. It was a delicious minty away to unwind after a busy day.

Also in the package, Dark Chocolate Covered Peppermint Joe Joe’s.

Remind me to give Monica a big kiss when I see her. Holy crap these things are good! Forget the minty tea. It’s all about the minty chocolate!

And a Christmas card!

Speaking of Christmas Cards.. I got another one today from another one of my favorite couples.

Derek and I discussed doing Christmas cards together this year, but I felt funny doing cards together when we’re not living together or married yet. Really if we did Christmas cards it would only have been to get a photo of Derek, Maddie, and I together on everyone’s mantel. 😉

It’s interesting that not sending a card out together hasn’t stop anyone from addressing cards to both of us. I’ve received two separate Christmas cards that were addressed to bother Derek and myself from various family members. I found that interesting, so I texted a photo of the envelop to Derek for a giggle.

My husband and I used to send out Christmas cards together when we wern’t living together or engaged. We pretty much knew we were going to get married, and it gave my out of town relatives a chance to put a face on Keith. It may have been weird, but worked for us!Kjirsten- Balanced Healthy Life recently posted..One Busy Day

That tea looks amazing! I’m in the DC area where they have TJ’s… so I WILL be making my way over there soon! 🙂

Derek seems like the sweetest man ever! I hope to meet someone like that soon, because I need a good man! College BOYS are stupid. 😉Katy (The Singing Runner) recently posted..30 Day To Go! And I’m a Guest Blogger!

I love that Derek’s response to the Christmas card was such a happy one! It makes me want to congratulate you, lol! Maybe you should be sharing some of your peppermint Joe Joe’s with him!Hannah L. (Hannah Lives) recently posted..How To Dice an Onion

after 10 yrs of marriage and 12 together and sending out xmas cards for most of them, this was the first year i ordered return address labels w/ both me and my hubs’ names on them. Since i am always the one addressing the cards, i figured in the past, why not just use “my” labels..but realized it may confuse relatives we dont talk to that much, so i ordered joint labels this yr.

i think if u have the patience to address cards, that’s the deciding factor on doing it next yr or not 🙂 it’s an undertaking each and every year for me…haha!Averie (LoveVeggiesandYoga) recently posted..Pool Afternoon Pictures- Tropical Fruit

My husband and Ihave never sent out Christmas cards. Maybe next year? He has spent all but 20 days of 2010 in Iraq and isn’t back until mid-January so there would be no recent pic of us. Maybe photoshopped of him there and me over here. I think next year we’ll do something…

LOVE J’s blog and she seems like such a wonderful down to earth girl. Glad you had a good night out.

We didn’t do cards this year With moving and everything else, it just wasn’t in the cards this year. We started doing them when we got engaged though.Lauren recently posted..Giveaway Winners and New Challenges

Oh my, those minty chocolates look delish! You mean no TJ’s in Orlando?! Crap…I guess I can’t pick anything up while I’m there in January 🙁 I need to make more friends to send me awesome treats from USA-only stores! 😉

Wow. that is like every girl’s dream to hear! SO many guys would freak out if they saw that…you picked a good one! Just tell him to hurry it up!Clare @ Fitting It All In recently posted..Let’s Talk Antidepressants

My boyfriend and I have been together five years, and I tried to breach the subject of giving joint gifts to both of our families this year, but he shrugged it off. My sister and her boyfriend been doing it for years (they’ve been going out a similar amount of time), but she’s more forward than I am, I think she just tells her boyfriend whats happening rather than asking! I have in the past signed Birthday cards from the two of us, ut hes hopeless and is probably oblivious to most of them! Here’s hoping for next Christmas for the two of us, eh?Ffion recently posted..Disqus